Bride vs. Wife

Bridenoun

A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.

Bridenoun

An object ardently loved.

Bridenoun

An individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework.

Brideverb

(obsolete) To make a bride of.

Bridenoun

A woman newly married, or about to be married.

Bridenoun

Fig.: An object ardently loved.

Brideverb

To make a bride of.

Bridenoun

a woman who has recently been married

Bridenoun

Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)

Bridenoun

a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony

Bride

A bride is a woman who is about to be married or who is newlywed. When marrying, the bride's future spouse, (if male) is usually referred to as the bridegroom or just groom.

Wifenoun

A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.

Wifenoun

The female of a pair of mated animals.

Wifenoun

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Wifenoun

A woman; an adult female; - now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, goodwife, and the like.

Wifenoun

The lawful consort of a man; a woman who is united to a man in wedlock; a woman who has a husband; a married woman; - correlative of husband.

Wifenoun

a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

Wife

A wife is a woman in a marriage. A woman who has separated from her partner continues to be a wife until the marriage legally dissolves with a divorce judgement.